TREATMENT OF DELIRIUM TREMENS WITHOUT NARCOTICS
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Treatment of Delirium Tremens by Quinine
complaining of want of sleep ; although fidgetty and nervous, he is nearly free from hallucinations. Ordered a calomel purge, quinine gr. 12, every 4th hour, and 15 tinct. opii. with camphor mixture every 5th hour until sleep is procured. On the night of the 9th he slept at short intervals and has not been violent. On the lltli he has on the whole improved. The calomel purge was repeated. On th...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1855
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.s3-3.148.994